ABOUT
Marta Tonelli (1990) is an Italian photographer whose work focuses on architecture, urbanism, and landscape. She develops both individual and collaborative projects, often producing visual research for artists, architects, and institutions. Her practice extends to the making of books and printed matter, with recent publications including Paolo Nestler. Ein Hauch Italien in der deutschen Nachkriegsarchitektur (Detail Editions, 2024), Master in Photography / Viaggio in Italia – four zines and two posters (Viaindustriae, 2024), and Several attempts to photograph the lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018 (self-published, 2025).
Marta graduated from the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio in 2017 under the mentorship of Mario Botta. Photography first entered her practice as a tool for documenting design and gradually evolved into an autonomous form of research and production. During her studies she worked with Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen) in Concepción, Chile, and with Made in (François Charbonnet & Patrick Heiz), Geneva, Switzerland. Already at that time, her photographs appeared in A+U (Tokyo), Pig Quarterly – Family Issue (Milan), and LIVING (Ediciones Casapoli, Chile), a catalogue for the 18th Chilean Architecture Biennale.
In 2018, she enrolled in the IUAV Master’s in Photography, where she developed her thesis under Stefano Graziani, later collaborating with him on a wide range of projects. She subsequently served as a research assistant to Nina Rappaport, architectural historian and Publications Director at the Yale School of Architecture. Since 2019, she has extensively collaborated with ICCD – Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione, Ministry of Culture, Rome.
From 2021 to 2024, she served as scientific director of the IUAV Master in Photography. Since 2022, she has been working with Eau&Gaz – Verein zur Förderung von Architektur, Kunst und Design together with Kathrin & Sarah Oberrauch. Since 2023, she has been an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Public Architecture, Michael Graves College, Kean University (New Jersey, USA). In Spring 2025, she led her first photographic workshop at IUAV on how to photograph space, with invited guests Alessandra Spranzi, w+w architetti, and Valentina Merz.
CONTACT
marta@martatonelli.it
+39 347 690 2929
Via Paolo Oss Mazzurana, 54
38122 Trento, Italy
VAT number 02575900226
PRINTS & SCANS
INKJET PRINTS – STUDIO GM di MARIO GOVINO, Via Bernardino Verro, 43, 20141 — Milano
FILM NEGATIVE SCANS – Digid'A Davide Di Gianni, Via dei Gracchi, 58 00192 — Roma
Above - Self portrait, January 2026
Marta graduated from the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio in 2017 under the mentorship of Mario Botta. Photography first entered her practice as a tool for documenting design and gradually evolved into an autonomous form of research and production. During her studies she worked with Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen) in Concepción, Chile, and with Made in (François Charbonnet & Patrick Heiz), Geneva, Switzerland. Already at that time, her photographs appeared in A+U (Tokyo), Pig Quarterly – Family Issue (Milan), and LIVING (Ediciones Casapoli, Chile), a catalogue for the 18th Chilean Architecture Biennale.
In 2018, she enrolled in the IUAV Master’s in Photography, where she developed her thesis under Stefano Graziani, later collaborating with him on a wide range of projects. She subsequently served as a research assistant to Nina Rappaport, architectural historian and Publications Director at the Yale School of Architecture. Since 2019, she has extensively collaborated with ICCD – Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione, Ministry of Culture, Rome.
From 2021 to 2024, she served as scientific director of the IUAV Master in Photography. Since 2022, she has been working with Eau&Gaz – Verein zur Förderung von Architektur, Kunst und Design together with Kathrin & Sarah Oberrauch. Since 2023, she has been an Adjunct Faculty member at the School of Public Architecture, Michael Graves College, Kean University (New Jersey, USA). In Spring 2025, she led her first photographic workshop at IUAV on how to photograph space, with invited guests Alessandra Spranzi, w+w architetti, and Valentina Merz.
CONTACT
marta@martatonelli.it
+39 347 690 2929
Via Paolo Oss Mazzurana, 54
38122 Trento, Italy
VAT number 02575900226
PRINTS & SCANS
INKJET PRINTS – STUDIO GM di MARIO GOVINO, Via Bernardino Verro, 43, 20141 — Milano
FILM NEGATIVE SCANS – Digid'A Davide Di Gianni, Via dei Gracchi, 58 00192 — Roma
Above - Self portrait, January 2026